Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #32,735 of 84,120 nationally
Pickens Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 45077010502 · Pickens County, SC · pop 3,406 · 31% of tract blocks fall in Pickens
Census tract 45077010502 belongs to Pickens in Pickens County, South Carolina. It is home to 3,406 residents and scores 5.3/10, a moderate reading for landlords. It lands near the 48th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 33% of renter households, a high level, and 28% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $959 monthly, set against $41,548 in average yearly household income, roughly 28% of income at the averages. Renters make up 24% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 76%
Tract context
Occupied units1,320
Renter share23.6%
SVI overall0.62
Poverty rate13.2%
Median income$41,548
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
72
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
64
th percentile
Elevated
National
61
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Pickens and the region
Centroid at 34.9030, -82.6598 · click any tract to drill in
Why Pickens scores 4.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Pickens
3.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.5
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
13.2% poverty · this tract
3.3
Supply constraint
$959 rent vs county FMR
2.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Pickens
6.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Pickens
6.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Pickens
6.7
How Pickens compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 62
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 63%Socioeconomic
- 20%Household composition
- 19%Racial/ethnic minority
- 90%Housing & transportation
Eviction filings
Court-record eviction history
Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 317Total filings over 6 yrs
- 16.59%Avg annual filing rate
- 22.7%Peak (2014)
- 39Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 15% over the past 6 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
CDC PLACES 2023 · health & economic stress
Eviction-adjacent indicators
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
- 12.9%Housing insecurity
- 8.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 18.8%Food insecurity
- 10.7%SNAP enrollment
- 8.8%Transit barriers
- 13.3%No health insurance
- 18.3%Frequent mental distress
- 36.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Pickens
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 6.9/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Pickens, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Pickens County average of 5.5 and in line with the South Carolina statewide average of 5.5. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 12.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 317 eviction filings here over 6 tracked years, with about 16.6% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 22.7% of renter households in 2014.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 45077010502
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45077010502?
Census tract 45077010502 in Pickens scores 4.5/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 45077010502?
Median gross rent is $959/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 33% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45077010502?
13.2% of residents in tract 45077010502 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,406.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45077010502?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 62th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 63th, household 20th, minority 19th, housing 90th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45077010502?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 317 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 45077010502 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 16.59% of renter households, peaking at 22.7% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 45077010502 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.9% of adults in this tract reported housing insecurity (could not pay rent or mortgage in the past 12 months), per the CDC PLACES 2023 model-based small-area estimate. 8.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 45077010502 compare to Pickens overall?
Tract 45077010502 scores 4.5/10, higher than the parent city of Pickens at 2.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Pickens; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Pickens
Top eight tracts in Pickens ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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